House Will Hold Vote on Whether to Impeach IRS Chief, Ryan Says
- Effort seen getting blocked in Senate if it clears the House
- Vote centers on probe of tax agency’s targeting conservatives
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan listens to questions during a press conference on Sept. 7, 2016, in Washington.
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Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday the House will vote on whether to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, and he indicated members won’t be pressured to vote one way or the other.
The entire House Republican conference is to meet behind closed doors next week to discuss the issue, but conservatives led by Representative John Fleming of Louisiana say the process of introducing a “privileged resolution” to force the vote will begin before that.